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Mary Towers

@marymayling.bsky.social
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Tech policy. Employment lawyer. Writer. Collectivist.

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Mary Towers @marymayling.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Worker led innovation is key to ensuring AI at work is genuinely beneficial for all, equitable, sustainable and just. This timely and important report from @jlthorne.bsky.social KIT Karlsruhe @autonomy-institute.bsky.social sets out historical examples we can draw on to inform present challenges.
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Mary Towers @marymayling.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
In this @@bunkerpod.bsky.social I explore with @nndroid.bsky.social many different issues relating to AI at work - but the thread running through our chat is the importance of worker voice, collectivism and economic justice in industrial revolutions past and present.
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Prospect Union @prospectunion.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Today, the Government has announced plans to harness the opportunities of AI to drive economic growth and transform services. As the country’s leading tech union we want to see workers positively involved in every stage of development. Read our full response: prospect.org.uk/news/uk-can-...
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Sharon Graham @unitesharon.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
1/4: Our members are already reporting major changes to working conditions due to the introduction of AI, which creates new risks and all too often results in workers feeling alienated and demotivated.
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UNISON media team @unisonmedia.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
“If AI is to play a positive role in public services, it must be managed carefully and responsibly. That means proper input from workers and all parts of society to ensure it’s not only the voice of big tech being heard.” www.unison.org.uk/news/2025/01...
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AI must be used to enhance public services, not replace workers, says UNISON | News, Press release | News | UNISON National
UK workers have vast expertise and insight that can help shape AI development in ways to benefit everyone
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Equity @equityuk.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
We have responded to the Government’s 'AI Opportunities Action Plan' released today by calling for rights and ethical data use to be at the heart of the approach to ‘turbocharge’ AI adoption.
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Mary Towers @marymayling.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Trade union ideas for realising AI opportunities: 🤝🏽 collective bargaining 💡worker led innovation 👷🏽 AI to enhance work ⚖️ equal outcomes ❤️ protect human values and creativity 🌎 sustainable growth 🪑 seat at the table for worker reps 📃 update laws 🔥empower people
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